Real reflections, commutators, and cross-ratios in complex hyperbolic space

DOI10.4171/GGD/398zbMATH Open1433.51014arXiv1312.3173OpenAlexW2964254830MaRDI QIDQ2357413FDOQ2357413

Authors: Julien Paupert, Pierre Will 

Publication date: 13 June 2017

Published in: Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We provide a concrete criterion to determine whether or not two given elements of PU(2,1) can be written as products of real reflections, with one reflection in common. As an application, we show that the Picard modular groups $mPU(2,1,mathcal{O}_d)$ with $d=1,2,3,7,11$ are generated by real reflections up to index 1, 2, 4 or 8.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.3173

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zbMATH Keywords

reflection groupscomplex hyperbolic geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hyperbolic and elliptic geometries (general) and generalizations (51M10) General properties and structure of real Lie groups (22E15) Reflection groups, reflection geometries (51F15)

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